Looking for a fund with low volatility? Investor’s Business Daily’s Matt Krantz highlights The Merger Fund’s (MERFX) performance during the financial crisis relative to the S&P 500’s 57% drop in his article, “Did You Miss The TD Ameritrade-Schwab $8 Bil One-Day Pop? Catch The Next Deal.”

Kiplinger

Posted: November 1, 2019

Brendan Pedersen of Kiplinger showcases the benefits of merger arbitrage funds in his piece on November 1, 2019. Featuring commentary from co-portfolio manager Roy Behren, Pedersen reflects on M&A activity over the past year and outlook for the strategy.

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Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Merger‐arbitrage and event‐driven investing involves the risk that the adviser's evaluation of the outcome of a proposed event, whether it be a merger, reorganization, regulatory issue or other event, will prove incorrect and that the Fund's return on the investment will be negative. Investments in foreign companies may entail political, cultural, regulatory, legal, and tax risks different from those associated with comparable transactions in the United States. The frequency of the Fund's transactions will vary from year to year, though merger arbitrage portfolios typically have higher turnover rates than portfolios of typical long‐only funds. Increased portfolio turnover may result in higher brokerage commissions, dealer mark‐ups and other transaction costs. The higher costs associated with increased portfolio turnover may offset gains in the Fund's performance. The Fund may enter into short sale transactions for, among other reasons, purposes of protecting against a decline in the market value of the acquiring company's shares prior to the acquisition completion. If the price of a security sold short increases between the time of the short sale and the time the Fund covers its short position, the Fund will incur a loss. The amount of a potential loss on an uncovered short sale transaction is theoretically unlimited. Debt securities may fluctuate in value due to, among other things, changes in interest rates, general economic conditions, industry fundamentals, market sentiment and the financial condition of the issuer, including the issuer's credit rating or financial performance. Derivatives may create leverage which will amplify the effect of the performance of those instruments on the Fund and may produce significant losses. The Fund's hedging strategy will be subject to the Fund's investment adviser's ability to assess correctly the degree of correlation between the performance of the instruments used in the hedging strategy and the performance of the investments in the portfolio being hedged.
Absolute return funds may not achieve their goals and are not intended to outperform stocks and bonds during strong market rallies and may underperform during periods of strong positive market performance.

Higher Sharpe ratios typically indicate better historical risk-adjusted performance. The Sharpe ratio is calculated by using standard deviation and excess return to determine reward per unit of risk. It is calculated by dividing a fund's annualized excess returns over the risk-free rate by its annualized standard deviation for the same period. The Merger Fund Investor Class 3 year Sharpe ratio as of 3/31/2020 is 0.79 versus the S&P Sharpe Ratio of 0.29 over the same time period.